AH-WR-1074

A. Woodall

Cargo Vessel · United States · Lost December 1924 · Annapolis & the Upper Chesapeake

A wooden vessel burned during a winter passage of the upper Chesapeake near Pooles Island, with the loss of her entire crew.

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Artistic recreation based on recorded historical documents. See the documented evidence.

Interpretive Reconstruction, drawn to convey the vessel's era, type and general form. See the documented evidence.

The Vessel and Her Loss

A. Woodall was a wooden vessel that burned in December 1924 while transiting the upper Chesapeake Bay between the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal and Pooles Island. The fire claimed the lives of her entire crew. Her remains are recorded as an uncharted wreck in the bay's wreck-and-obstruction records, with bulwark structure still noted by surveyors.

Vessel

Built: Not established
Builder: Not established
Yard: Not established
Material: Wood
Length: Not established
Beam: Not established
Tonnage: Not established
Propulsion: Not established
Owners: Not established

Loss

Date: December 1924
Cause: Fire
Location: Upper Chesapeake Bay between the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal entrance and Pooles Island
Water: Chesapeake Bay
Voyage: Not established
Cargo: Not established
Aboard: Not established
Lives lost: Described only as 'the loss of the entire crew'; an exact number is not given in the source reviewed.
Master: Not established

The Wreck Today

Depth: Not established
Condition: Described as an uncharted wreck with remaining bulwark structure noted by a wreck-and-obstruction survey.
Orientation: Not established
Discovered: Not established
Protection: Not established